Mach9 raises $34M after pivoting to AI CAD software | TechCrunch
The startup initially set out to build better, faster, and cheaper surveying hardware in 2021.
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‘It was so satisfying when I threw a rock through the screen’: the people sick of being spied on by their smart TV
Is your television listening to every conversation? Filling your home with highly invasive ads? Some viewers have had enough of tech violating their privacy
Erik ten Hag interview: Man Utd's use of data, impact of legends’ criticism, and ‘special’ Mainoo
This is part two of The Athletic’s interview with former Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag, now the technical director of FC Twente in the Netherlands
AMD is bringing its next-gen FSR 4.1 upscaling tech to Xbox - Engadget
AMD just announced that it's bringing its FSR 4.1 upscaling tech to Xbox consoles. This includes the Xbox Series X/S and the Ally X, Ally X20, Ally S and Ally handheld consoles. FidelityFX S…
Don't put your phone in the TSA bin — do this instead - Engadget
After years of traveling with a small arsenal of tech — usually a phone, iPad, laptop and a portable gaming console — I like to think I'm pretty efficient when it comes to taking them out of…
Anthropic pitches AI safety bill that may block a model if 50+ people could be killed | TechCrunch
The proposed policy seems to offer protections against AI running amok but actually forbids federal agencies from blocking a model's release without the permission of a judge.
SpaceX and Tesla boards form special committees to review merger | TechCrunch
Elon Musk likes the idea but says he is not on either committee, which is made up of independent directors.
Hugging Face CEO warns that Netflix's OpenAI hack documentary isn't accurate | TechCrunch
Before you share the Netflix documentary "AI Gone Rogue," take note. Clem Delangue, Hugging Face's co-founder who is featured in the film, says it went "full doomer mode" and isn't accurate.
Anthropic’s cloud partnerships are getting messy | TechCrunch
Anthropic is reportedly struggling to secure enough compute from cloud providers that increasingly view it as a competitor, even as its infrastructure spending balloons ahead of a planned No…
SpaceX's AI business is beating expectations | TechCrunch
SpaceX hit profitability in the third quarter, with net income of $4.4 billion. AI was the engine.
OpenAI acquires startup Orchestra Bio to beef up its biotech business | TechCrunch
OpenAI says it's adding Orchestra's team and technology to work on Rosalind, its AI model for life sciences research, and to its related Rosalind Workbench tool, a harness that aims to help…
Google is bringing a more personal version of its Gemini AI assistant to your car | TechCrunch
Google is bringing Gemini's Personal Intelligence feature to cars, allowing its AI assistant to draw on information from Gmail, Calendar, Maps, YouTube, and other Google services to deliver…
GM to close Detroit battery-assembly plant, but not for reasons you might think | TechCrunch
GM is shuttering the Brownstown Battery Assembly Plant, though the closure has nothing to do with the automaker's electrification strategy.
Google has joined Amazon in attacking Nvidia's stronghold with AI app developers | TechCrunch
Google has joined Amazon in releasing a developer tool that makes it easy for PyTorch users to move their apps off Nvidia GPUs.
ChatGPT now lets you lock your chats | TechCrunch
The company says the feature is designed for situations where users might be discussing something personal or planning a surprise and want to keep those conversations private when handing th…